Profession.hu: The number of active job seekers increased significantly compared to last year

By: Trademagazin Date: 2023. 04. 21. 11:58

In the first quarter of 2023, the number of employee applications increased compared to the same period of the previous year, while companies advertised 18 percent fewer jobs. Within the country, only in the counties of Heves and Hajdú-Bihar did more positions waiting to be filled than last year appear on the Profession.hu interface during the three months under review.

While there is a revival on the employee side, companies have reduced their recruitment pace compared to the first three months of the previous year: the number of newly registered employees increased by 20 percent, while at the same time the number of activated job advertisements decreased by 18 percent, according to Profession.hu, based on its own database. prepared from a recent quarterly analysis.

In the first quarter of this year, the number of job advertisements posted on the Profession.hu interface in Heves and Hajdú-Bihar counties increased compared to the same period in 2022. The most significant decrease can be measured in the counties of Somogy, Bács-Kiskun, Baranya, and Csongrád-Csanád. Looking at the national average, companies activated a total of 18 percent fewer job advertisements than at this time last year.